2026 Garden
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IDFireLass
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How do you make your sauce? Finally figured out what is causing my end rot on tomatoes and peppers. A lack of calcium. 1 tablespoon to half gallon or so of water in a hand sprayer and douse the plants.
We'll see how well it works. My tomatoes are starting to ripen now. More salsa to come.
Green beans are done blooming so it's time to pull the plants. A real good lightning rain storm this morning already. Rain yesterday afternoon.
We'll see how well it works. My tomatoes are starting to ripen now. More salsa to come.
Green beans are done blooming so it's time to pull the plants. A real good lightning rain storm this morning already. Rain yesterday afternoon.
I follow this recipe to the letter.
Canned Spaghetti Sauce Recipe https://www.favfamilyrecipes.com/canned-spaghetti-sauce/
IDFireLass
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WoW! That is quite the recipe. I book marked it. If I should get enough tomatoes ahead and find the time and a cool day.
Pulled the green beans they are done producing. Pulled up the sunflowers. Actually not sure where or how I got them. They sure weren't the wildflowers that was suppose to go in the flower bed.
Looked at the Armenian cucumbers and there is a ton of vine and flowers but only 2 cucumbers growing. Told them they have a week then coming out. Have 3 gherkins growing and producing more cucumbers than we can handle. Onions are laid over so need to pull and start drying them. Cantaloupe are coming on strong. Great flavor. The watermelon are doing the same. Looks like things are thinking fall is coming.
Pulled the green beans they are done producing. Pulled up the sunflowers. Actually not sure where or how I got them. They sure weren't the wildflowers that was suppose to go in the flower bed.
Looked at the Armenian cucumbers and there is a ton of vine and flowers but only 2 cucumbers growing. Told them they have a week then coming out. Have 3 gherkins growing and producing more cucumbers than we can handle. Onions are laid over so need to pull and start drying them. Cantaloupe are coming on strong. Great flavor. The watermelon are doing the same. Looks like things are thinking fall is coming.
np307
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Tomatoes only uptake calcium through the roots. Blossom end rot is technically caused by a lack of calcium but that is almost always ultimately caused by inconsistent watering. If watering has been consistent and enough, then amending the soil with calcium is the next step.
kwyeewyk
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I would add that using a cal-mag blend instead of straight calcium helps prevent a calcium induced magnesium deficiency.
IDFireLass
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Consistent watering or maybe over watering. But things are looking a little different already. Got short on garden food. Won't get anymore until next spring. Things have gotten so expensive that we have to save up to make big purchases. Living on a limited income in these times isn't fun.
Don't know about the rest of you but having gotten use to warm nights this morning we are down to 46 and I had had enough got up early shut windows and put pants on. Been in shorts all summer feels funny to put pants on.
Don't know about the rest of you but having gotten use to warm nights this morning we are down to 46 and I had had enough got up early shut windows and put pants on. Been in shorts all summer feels funny to put pants on.
IDFireLass
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Pulled the Armenians. Only found 2 cucumbers that were well hid. No others were found. Time to get rid of them. Pulled and drying onions they were all laying over it was time.
Where did August go to?
Where did August go to?
Looks like a great garden!
IDFireLass
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Nice garden Bearfoot. But love the moose. Since we don't see them too often around here. At least they stay in the mountains so far. More worried about the bears this fall. No berries to be found I can see bears heading down into our area. No fruit on trees either. Didn't even get any choke cherries this year.
IDFireLass
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I do have blackberries slowly ripening. Had to put up the deer fence to keep them out.
jryoung
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Been a glut of tomatoes, we started turning a lot of our heirlooms into tomato sauce. I think I've had a caprese I salad everyday for the last month.
Everything is starting to look more fall like, pumpkins are turning, gete and cucuzza squash are ready.
Everything is starting to look more fall like, pumpkins are turning, gete and cucuzza squash are ready.
Holy cow. The squash is amazing. mtmuley
IDFireLass
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Worked on the tomatoes yesterday. Did a lot of vine trimming to get the tomatoes to ripen. Pulled out 2 of the Amish Paste plants. They were taking up way to much space and really had nothing on them. Other half stopped me or I'd had all the Amish paste pulled up. Pulled one pepper plant it had 4 small peppers on it. I did dig 2 hills of the huckleberry potatoes. They did really well. Fairly good size.
I have 3 watermelons left on the vine and 11 cantaloupe on the vine. The new lettuce I planted is coming up and doing real well, too. Just have to keep the bunnies out of the carrots. The little ones finally found them and are eating the tops. So far not a lot but I'm chasing them out and scaring the crap out of them. Shred (has no ear on right and left ear has slits in it) I scared him so much I got within 3 feet of him. Fresh venison to go along with the veggies. Other half had a whitetail doe tag. He went out and got one last night.
I have 3 watermelons left on the vine and 11 cantaloupe on the vine. The new lettuce I planted is coming up and doing real well, too. Just have to keep the bunnies out of the carrots. The little ones finally found them and are eating the tops. So far not a lot but I'm chasing them out and scaring the crap out of them. Shred (has no ear on right and left ear has slits in it) I scared him so much I got within 3 feet of him. Fresh venison to go along with the veggies. Other half had a whitetail doe tag. He went out and got one last night.
